RAGBRAI L route announced as the 6th longest and the 6th elevation gain in all of the past 49 rides. The total distance will be 500 miles and 16,549ft of elevation gain.
The overnight towns follow closely with the very first RAGBRAI in 1973. Below are the cities and distances between.
- Sioux City to Storm Lake – Sunday, July 23 – 77 miles, 3,504ft elevation
- Storm Lake to Carroll – Monday, July 24 – 62 miles, 1,818ft elevation
- Carroll to Ames – Tuesday, July 25 – 83 miles, 1,479ft elevation
- Ames to Des Moines – Wednesday, July 26 – 50 miles, 1,216ft elevation
- Des Moines to Tama-Toledo – Thursday, July 27 – 82 miles, 3,652ft elevation
- Tama-Toledo to Coralville – Friday July 29 – 80 miles, 3,276ft elevation
- Coralville to Davenport – Saturday July 30 – 66 miles, 1,604ft elevation
More details on pass-thru towns will announced in the up coming months.